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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






2. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






3. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






4. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






5. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






6. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






7. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






8. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






9. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






10. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






11. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






12. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






13. Name six sources of grains






14. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






15. The higher the BMR a client has --






16. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






17. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






18. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






19. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






20. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






21. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






22. What is the function of vitamin C?






23. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






24. What are healthy sources of fats?






25. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






26. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






27. How many calories/gram is protein?






28. What foods have high quality protein?






29. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






30. When does BMR increase?






31. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






32. What is the function of vitamin E?






33. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






34. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






35. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






36. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






37. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






38. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






39. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






40. What function is vitamin A?






41. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






42. Fats can lead to some medical problems






43. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






44. When does BMR decrease?






45. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






46. What type of people need extra protein?






47. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






48. Where can you get more vitamin D?






49. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






50. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease